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It will be seen from the above table that the total
number of deaths from these zymotic diseases last
year was, making no allowance for the increase in
population, 94 above the average number registered in
the last 10 years. The increase was due to the excessive
mortality from diarrhoea which was caused by the
exceptionally prolonged hot and dry summer.
CASES OF ILLNESS REPORTED AS DUE
TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There were, omitting phthisis, 581 cases reported
as due to notifiable infectious diseases in this Borough
against 609 in the previous year. The number of
cases of phthisis notified was 264, against 163 in
the previous year. There were also reported 1,108 cases
of infectious diseases that were not notifiable, against
912 in the previous year; 304 of these were chickenpox,
554 measles, and 250 whooping cough.
SMALL-POX.
No case of small-pox was notified in the Borough
last year, against no case in the previous year.
CHICKEN-POX.
Three hundred and four cases of chicken-pox were
reported, against 228 cases in the previous year. The
304 cases reported last year were treated at the homes
of the patients. One death was registered.
MEASLES.
Five hundred and fifty-four cases were reported
as due to measles, against 484 cases in the previous
year. Thirty-four deaths were registered. As this is
not a notifiable disease it is of no use my giving the
mortality rate on the cases reported, as no doubt
only a proportion of the cases which occurred were